Remembering Singapore the way it was
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Originally posted by deepak.c:
Can't really blame the hawkers for increasing prices, HDBs these days are above $200,000, need to sell lots of noodles to cover, then prices have gone up more because of GST.
Food price are relatively stable until the oil price hike in the 1972, 1981 and last year.
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I heard that time when Exorcist first screened lots of people fainted and ambulance had to be called in.
True or not?
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
'Earthquake' the movie was the first time in Sensurround ,all the big sound boxes brought in to trigger a heart attack for the weak heart.In a real eathquake no sound and it last less than 60 seconds
Yah, I know nearly got buried one time in an earthquake.
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They should remake more classic movies.The twin tower attack reminded me of that movie.
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Originally posted by deepak.c:
I heard that time when Exorcist first screened lots of people fainted and ambulance had to be called in.
True or not?
Yup, and Christopher Lee was always Count Dracula.
The Omen was more scary.
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
They should remake more classic movies.The twin tower attack reminded me of that movie.
Now if the Towering Inferno remake, it will be more like World Trade Centre, the building must collapse.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Yah, I know nearly got buried one time in an earthquake.
Serious? You not that guy found alive and well under all that rubble with his mistress in Hotel New World ? hahaha -
Originally posted by Short Ninja:
Serious? You not that guy found alive and well under all that rubble with his mistress in Hotel New World ? hahaha
Mr Ninja, Mr Chew is a one woman man.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Yup, and Christopher Lee was always Count Dracula.
The Omen was more scary.
Huh?
People can pass out watching The Exorcist?
Wait till they watch "The Grudge".
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Now if the Towering Inferno remake, it will be more like World Trade Centre, the building must collapse.
For cheap production the shooting location should in one of the blocks in Queenstown cuz even till today it looks no different -
Originally posted by Short Ninja:
Serious? You not that guy found alive and well under all that rubble with his mistress in Hotel New World ? hahahaHotel New World, I remembered that naked guy covered in dirt walking out.
I was near the scene when I heard a loud boom in Syed Alwi Road on my way to the hawker centre.
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Originally posted by deepak.c:
Huh?
People can pass out watching The Exorcist?
Wait till they watch "The Grudge".
In old days most people suffer from anemia from malnutrition that's why faint easily loh.
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In the old days easy to bluff people now movie making is so sophisticated people keep coming back for more of it.Blood was the hardest thing to ake cuz they could only use paints and dye.Now they use real animal blood.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Hotel New World, I remembered that naked guy covered in dirt walking out.
I was near the scene when I heard a loud boom in Syed Alwi Road on my way to the hawker centre.
What hawker centre were you heading to - tekka or ...?When did the hotel collapse, in the 80s or 90s?
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Hotel New World, I remembered that naked guy covered in dirt walking out.
I was near the scene when I heard a loud boom in Syed Alwi Road on my way to the hawker centre.
That guy's name is Sunny.
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Originally posted by Fantagf:
What hawker centre were you heading to - tekka or ...?When did the hotel collapse, in the 80s or 90s?
In 1986, I was walking toward Jalan Berseh hawker centre.
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
That guy's name is Sunny.
Your friend?
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Your friend?
Not my friend but I know his underworld background -
Originally posted by Short Ninja:
Not my friend but I know his underworld backgroundAnother bad boy from Lorong Tai Seng?
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
Not my friend but I know his underworld backgroundHe operates in the Rochor area dont know is he is still alive and well....only way to find out is to pull down a hotel>hahaha
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
In 1986, I was walking toward Jalan Berseh hawker centre.
Oh i see, that was in the 80s. -
Originally posted by Short Ninja:
He operates in the Rochor area dont know is he is still alive and well....only way to find out is to pull down a hotel>hahaha
You mean Johore Road?
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
You mean Johore Road?
He not that powerful>LOL
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
He not that powerful>LOL
Probably collecting rent at Sungei Road? lol.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Probably collecting rent at Sungei Road? lol.
He was doing loan sharking and contraband goods supplied them to shops in Orchard Road who then sell them to Japanese Tourists that lucrative business died off by the mid 90s.